Author Archives: madmarv

About madmarv

Civil Engineer, CAD Geek, podcast junkie and amateur photographer.

The tiger and the piglets

A full grown Tiger with a litter of baby piglets, say it ain’t so via Digg It’s not exactly what it sounds like. The tigress lost her kittens and became depressed so the zookeepers introduced a set of piglets wrapped … Continue reading

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Cardboard Castle

Forget the Cardboard Box Fort; Plans on making a Whole Cardboard Castle via Digg This is just the thing to protect you and your imaginary kingdom from the evil cardboard armies. Be careful if you decide to go hard core … Continue reading

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Undersea Spies: Turning Sharks into Robotic Sentries

Undersea Spies: Turning Sharks into Robotic Sentries via /. Hey! Where are the laser beams? Is it too much to ask for sharks with fricking laser beams on their foreheads? Top 5 Strangest Laptop Mods via Digg Check out the … Continue reading

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Volcanic Fish

A fish that swims in “volcanoes” via Clipmarks A species of flatfish have been found living and thriving in deep waters near sulphur pools where the temperature is around 355 deg. F. and pH of around 2 (like sulfuric acid … Continue reading

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Funny stuff buried in tax instructions

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Batman: Dead End

Batman dead end via Digg “WITH A $30,000 BUDGET, Sandy Collora put together a THEATRICAL-QUALITY film that shows us Batman as he was always meant to be. Cool pic of a tractor modded to look like a spider via Reddit … Continue reading

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Flanvention canceled but the Big Damn Heroes keep flying

Serenity/Firefly cast turn up to canceled convention via Digg Gotta hand it to the Firefly & Serenity cast. They still showed up and partied with the Browncoats even after the convention organizers skipped out at the last minute. Make Your … Continue reading

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Forgotten invention: the Rolamite

How to make ginger ale via del.icio.us Sounds easy. Put sugar, yeast, grated ginger, lemon and water into a soda bottle and let it sit for a couple of days. Filtering may be necessary. Sunset over Mars via Reddit Like … Continue reading

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Firefly MMORPG

Firefly MMORPG announced via /. Shiny. How Geeks Get Down via Digg Each of the 512 six-inch-square pixels contains three LEDs pointed down at a square of paper towel that sits in a larger piece of foil. The foil reflects … Continue reading

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Water on Mars

HUGE Mars NEWS! There is water on Mars – flowing water! via Digg Two photos taken 7 years apart provide the most convincing evidence to date that liquid water must still exist on Mars. HOW TO – Make an R2-D2 … Continue reading

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